Amid all the talks and speculations about the nature of the wicket that will be produced for the first Test of the series in Mohali, South African captain, Hashim Amla, has made clear that irrespective of whether the pitches are turners or flat decks, he will rely on his fast bowlers to do the job for him. "South Africa's history has been that we have been very good with our seam bowlers wherever in the world we have been,” Amla said ahead of the first Test. “When you have got the quality of Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel and up and coming KG (Kagiso Rabada), we have been blessed and fortunate to be in a situation that our seam bowlers have done well in the sub-continent and that can be an attacking option. Not many countries can boast of that.” With the Mohali pitch seemingly dry and slow, the spinners will come into the picture quite early. Amla said on such wickets he would ideally like JP Duminy to play support role to leg-spinner Imran Tahir. However, it is unlikely that Duminy will recover from his hand injury – split webbing on his right hand – in time for the first Test. "If you are faced with a raging turner and when JP (Duminy) plays, it adds the spin option for us,” Amla said. “Obviously with him not being in the team for the first Test it adds a bit more dynamic to the team. I don't think we have to look too far ahead. As I said traditionally in the last 15 years our strength has been the seamers. I believe in the old West Indian saying of 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' So if seamers do the job for you in the sub-continent or anywhere else in the world so be it,” Talking about the role of his spin bowlers, Amla said in the subcontinent the slow bowlers have to play multiple roles in various situations of the match. And he is confident his spinners will live up to their task. “Our spinners, over the years, have developed mentally and technically to deal with situations of attacking and defending at various times,” the Proteas captain said. “I think in conditions when wickets turn, spinners have multiple roles. Sometimes when it doesn't turn they fall into a defensive role and when it does turn naturally they turn into an attacking role. Largely depends on what surface we are playing on.” Amla echoed the words of Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli in saying that the host nation is completely entitled to have pitches and conditions that favour them. "If you come to South Africa, you will have a South African kind of wicket. So that's what spectators want and sometimes associations want the games to go five days, but as a player wherever I go in the world I expect the conditions to suit the home team. That's how I see it as a player, but not always a player's view is taken as a consideration. It doesn't really matter to us. We prepare what we think is going to come at us and play to that," he said. As the PCA chief curator, Daljit Singh said, the Mohali wicket has changed its nature with time and age. It is no more as bouncy and pacy as it used to be and could play on the slower side. Amla observed that when he said, "It looks a bit different from the Mohali wicket that I have seen before. Looks like it might turn a bit.”